The two deaths came as an expert team from the capital Dhaka toured the hills tract region, which borders Myanmar and far-eastern India, to prepare a contingency plan if a more serious tremor strikes.

Local officials said Kinakuma Chakma, 29, died in Rangamati district when her mud-made home collapsed during Sunday morning's quake. Residents said they had also found the body of another women, who was not immediately identified.

Officials had earlier said 20 people were injured in the quake, which prompted several hundred tribespeople to flee the Barkal area of Rangamati.

The epicenter of the earthquake was near the Myanmar border 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of Bangladesh's second city Chittagong, where minor damage was reported.

A small tremor was felt Wednesday, which together with torrential rains triggered a landslide that left six people dead.

They were killed when wet earth buried two forest guard staff quarters in the coastal resort district of Cox's Bazar, 290 kilometers (182 miles) southeast of Dhaka.

Bangladesh's coast and offshore islands have been battered by rain for the past week. Some 231 fishermen have been reported dead or missing since Sunday amid huge waves and showers in the Bay of Bengal.

Calamity-prone Bangladesh, criss-crossed by 230 rivers, has been hard hit since heavy rains began in April, submerging stretches of the country and setting off flash floods.

Some 85 people died in storms around Bangladesh before the weekend downpour and another 62 people earlier died in a heatwave.

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